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John Mitchell - list of operations 1939-1940
Flight Sergeant wireless operator on 58 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouze flying Whitley III. First operation to Ruhr to drop leaflets and crash landed in France on the way back. Other operations were convoy patrol and bombing in France, Netherlands,…
Letter from John Brittain to his mother
Three page letter envelope from John Brittain to his mother. He mentions the bad weather and that he might sell his car. He tells her of the devastation that he has seen while flying over Germany.
L V Rosser - private diary operations
Written in RAF pilot's flying log book by Sergeant, pilot Rosser, Lewis Victor, RAFVR - diary of night bombing operations. Gives date, aircraft, crew, target and description of each operation. Also included are extracts from the Bomber Command war…
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; pilot; Whitley
Maurice Kemp list of operations
Notes persona details and hours flown day and night on 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford. Lists operation to Kiel, Potsdam, Gelsenkirchen, Karmen, Bruchstrasse, Munster, Hamm and Heligoland. List sorties on Operation Manna at the Hague, Operation Exodus…
Hamm
Navigational computation for an operation to Hamm. Also included is a vertical aerial photograph taken during the bombing operation.
Marshaling Yards at Hamm
Aerial inclined photograph showing a large number of railway sidings running from left to right. At the bottom left is a railway turntable with a large number of tracks spreading out towards a large building on the right hand side with part of its…
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Marshalling Yards at Hamm
Aerial inclined photograph showing railway sidings running diagonally from left to right with a large number of interspersed bomb craters. Around the craters in the bottom left quadrant the railway tracks have been twisted and broken. Three lines of…
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Hamm
Aerial inclined photograph showing city landscape in the lower two thirds with open country beyond. In the foreground a square grid of roads surrounded by multistory buildings. Many buildings are damaged or without roofs and a large number have been…
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Bombing operations early 1945
Cutting 1 describes a 1300 bomber operation on Munich and Ulm. Flight Lieutenant W Drinkell describes the lack of fighters. Captioned 'Jan 7th 1945'. Cutting 2 describes attacks on Germany and an oil refinery at Brux in Czechoslovakia. Also a…
Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia) [entry point]
This page is an entry point for a place. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive.
Map of Cooks Tour June 1945
Map (Newcastle to Prague) showing route from Cambridge to between Rotterdam and the Hague, marked with arrows 'supply dropping areas'. Route continues to Wesel, Onsnabruck, Bremen, Hamburg, Hannover, Bielefeld, Hamm, Dortmund, Essen and return to…
Hamm and Brest
Photograph one is an oblique aerial photograph of Hamm, showing extensive damage and bomb craters throughout.
Photograph two is a vertical aerial photograph of Brest naval base and ports, with numbered annotation.
Photograph two is a vertical aerial photograph of Brest naval base and ports, with numbered annotation.
Terry Ford and crew
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Harry in flying kit at the rear ladder of a Lancaster .
Photo 2 is six airmen in flying kit at the front of their aircraft, captioned 'Crew in front of Lancaster before going to Hamm 34th trip'.
Photo 3…
Photo 1 is Harry in flying kit at the rear ladder of a Lancaster .
Photo 2 is six airmen in flying kit at the front of their aircraft, captioned 'Crew in front of Lancaster before going to Hamm 34th trip'.
Photo 3…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster
Summary of Terry Ford's Operations
A list of 35 operations undertaken by Terry Ford. It includes dates and aircraft used.
Tags: 75 Squadron; bombing
Jim Eley and Crew
Seven RAF crew, standing in front of the rear end of a Lancaster Bomb bay, next to a record of 514 Squadron Operations, submitted with caption; “Flying Officer Norman James Eley and crew, RAF Waterbeach June 1945”.
Annotated 'Good Luck!…
Annotated 'Good Luck!…
Bomb damage
Four photographs of damage to German cities taken on two of the 'Cooks Tours' flown by no 153 Squadron.
The first has the caption 'T3 SCM 30.5.45//7" HAMM 2,000'. F/LT LANGFORD C.153 and shows Hamm railway marshalling yard with tracks running from…
The first has the caption 'T3 SCM 30.5.45//7" HAMM 2,000'. F/LT LANGFORD C.153 and shows Hamm railway marshalling yard with tracks running from…
Lancaster and list of operations
Top centre - rear quarter view of an airborne Lancaster with squadron letters 'KO-B' Captioned 'Blighty Bound, Bari' (Operation Dodge). Text lists 18 targets/operations, nine either side.
Hamm scenes
Top left - view down town street with rubble and destroyed buildings.
Top right - view across piles of building rubble with some destroyed structure standing.
Bottom left - destroyed shop with sign 'F W Woolworth', rubble inside and no…
Top right - view across piles of building rubble with some destroyed structure standing.
Bottom left - destroyed shop with sign 'F W Woolworth', rubble inside and no…
Tags: bombing
Hamm
A vertical aerial photograph of Hamm. The right side is obscured by light. It is captioned '3125 Bin 5.6.46 //8" 7000' 18.16 Hamm 'T' F/Lt Quinton 'T' 617'.
On the reverse 'On loan P&R Darby Woodhall Spa'.
On the reverse 'On loan P&R Darby Woodhall Spa'.